Plaiting-machine



N. J. GRAHAM.l Plaiting Machine. No. 237,858. Patented Feb. 15, |881.

NITEn STATES PATENT4 EEtcE,

NANCY J. GRAHAM, OF JACKSON, OHIO.

PLAlTlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,858, dated February 15, 1881.

Application led December 2G, 1878.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, NANCY JANE GRAHAM, of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Plaiting-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved planing-machine, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the goods being shown in place upon the needles in both figures.

The invention has relation to plaiting-machines 5 and it consists in the improvements in the construction of the same, hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed ont in the cla-im.

The objects to be attained by the construction hereinafter set forth are twofold-viz., to permit the goods to bc pressed upon the needles and dried around the same without coming in contact with the bed-plate ot' the machine; and, secondly, to permit a greater variety of plaiting to be made upon the machine than has been heretofore attainable.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, F designates the bed-plate of the machine, to the sides of which are rigidly secured perforated vertical side plates, G G. These side plates are provided with three courses of perforations, a l) o, arranged one above the other and diminishing in size from below upward. Needles H H H2, corresponding in size to the several courses of perforations a b c, are employed in the usual manner to form the box-plaitings in the material. The lower and largest course of perforations are located a short distance above the bed-plate, in order that the plaiting may be pressed upon the needles without coming in contact with the bed-plate. and, after having been pressed, the plaiting` or material is dried upon the needles before being stitched.

A, B, C, D, and E designate different forms of boX-plaits.

The needles fit the perforations snugly, and cannot become displaced during the operation of forming the plaits; consequently the work can be accurately performed.

The several courses of pert'orations, varying in size, permit of forming plaits in`the heaviest or the lightest materials.

In some instances, where the goods are difficult to plait, an extra board or bed-plate may be placed upon the bed-plate F and under the needles. so that the plaits may be pressed; but with all ordinary materials the pressing is performed upon the needles.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a plaiting-machine, the combination, with the bed-plate F and the needles H H H2, varying in size, of the side pieces, G G, provided with the courses ot perforations a b o, arranged one above the other and varying in size, as do the needles, substantially as set forth.

NANCY J. GRAHAM. lVitnesses:

EVA GRAHAM, TROS. L. MAY. 

